Comments on: The Good Stuff

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:32:40 +0000

Where/when did you live in Decatur?

I made that bike ride myself a number of times from a house that was literally on the wrong side of the tracks, over near Agnes Scott. Just a little ways down from Eddie’s Trackside Tavern.

Here in Munich, people swoon over the Viktualienmarkt, but DeKalb *is* a wonder…

By: David Salmanson

David Salmanson — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:55:18 +0000

I’m with Russell here. Chestnut Hill Farmers Market, the Italian Market, Jersey tomatoes, the various farmer’s markets around the city that bring fresh veggies to neighborhoods that never get them (several swatties involved with this, you know). We live in a fine food culture here in Philly.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:35:15 +0000

Umph! The _thought_ of bicycling out to the DeKalb Farmers’ Market makes me want to take a nap. It’s a great idea, though. I come away from our meals at the Market so stuffed with both new and beloved familiar things that I’m in fairly desperate need of the exercise. My wife’s also discovered the old curbside market in downtown Atlanta that has wonderful offerings. Gad. I’m gaining weight just at the thought of it all.

By: joeo

joeo — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:32:09 +0000

San Francisco has got some good food. I work in the skyscraper right across from the Ferry Building, I am just too lazy to buy food from the farmer’s market.

By: Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:40:49 +0000

Well, the DeKalb market is also a wonder of the world, in its own way even better than the one here. The variety of foods there outstrip what’s available here–DeKalb is servicing more cuisines, in a greater variety of ways. I used to ride my bicycle out to it and ride all the way back into Decatur when I lived there for a while: it was worth it. But the food here…I had breakfast this morning at the Marketbar, very simple, but the eggs had basically been laid that morning and the sausage was handmade. That’s all: nothing more spectacular, and not at all expensive, and yet better by a good margin than almost any other breakfast I’ve had.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:59:16 +0000

Russell’s right. It is a wonderful description of the San Francisco market; and Tim’s right in suggesting that locally grown California produce is extra-ordinarily good. But there’s something there also about greener pastures. We avoid gourmet shops in Atlanta and have found an absolutely amazing smorgasbord at the farmer’s market just outside of Atlanta. The market, itself, features an astonishing variety of meats, fish, cheese and produce from all over the world; and the smorgasbord features several things I’ve never tasted every time we go out there — and very inexpensive, too.

By: Russell Arben Fox

Russell Arben Fox — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:03:29 +0000

Wonderful description, Tim; you make we wish I was in San Francisco. I’ve been there, but never to the Farmer’s Market; I’ll have to make a point of visiting it someday. Interesting to read this from you, though, because I’ve long believed that the best farmer’s markets in the U.S.–or at least, the best ones I’ve ever been too–were right in your own backyard: Philadelphia, Lancaster, etc.